Tag Archives: gun control

Obama’s Gun Ban?

Posted on December 8, 2008

Q: Did Obama promise last year to ban all semi-automatic guns during his first year as president? A: A widely circulated e-mail quoting Obama is baseless and almost certainly fabricated. He does support reinstatement of the expired "assault weapons ban" but isn’t calling for a wider ban on all semi-automatic …
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Jon Stewart: Joe Biden “Crazy Reckless?” Oops!

Posted on September 25, 2008

 Comedian Jon Stewart had a nice riff going on “The Daily Show” Wednesday night (Sept. 24) until he scolded Joe Biden as being “crazy reckless” about his gun facts. But in this case, Biden knew what he was talking about, and Stewart didn’t. (You can view Stewart's comments on the …
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Taking Liberties in Philadelphia

Posted on April 17, 2008

Summary Clinton and Obama both strained the facts at times during their debate in Philadelphia. Clinton said "people died" in 1970s bombings by a radical group of which an Obama acquaintance was a member. In fact, the deaths were of three members of the Weather Underground itself, who died when …
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